December 1, 2008
Navigating the minefield of airborne nanoparticle exposure
Nanotechnology—like other emerging technologies—presents a dilemma: If you’re making new substances with uncertain health risks, how low is low enough when it comes to managing exposure?
The issue is raised in the current edition of Nature Nanotechnology by Vladimir Murashov of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), [...]
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November 11, 2008
The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution report on Novel Materials
Imagine for one naïve moment that we have a pretty good handle on managing the environmental impact of existing manufactured “stuff”. Then someone comes along and invents some “new stuff” that behaves very differently from the “old stuff.”
How can we be sure that the frameworks and [...]
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